Sunday, April 19, 2009

Blocks of Colour

I've been asked about the colour blocking thing again - so I thought I'd post the story so far.

I took the class with Jill Hildebrand at Saskatchewan Scraps. Jill's the kind of girl who likes to do this fast - really fast and use papers, any papers that really don't go together.

That's when the magic happens; you put all these scary patterns together - not really worrying about it and you end up with something that just works - in a very small amount of time. Which is great for a procrastinator like me. Have a look and see what you think.

I love doing this so much now that I've set up a colour blocking folder. All the pattern scraps go in there and lots of the old stash that really, let's face it, I'm never going to use. That's all I need. Actually that's all I allow myself to use - which speeds things up no end.

I'm going through all the old storage albums (LOM style) scrapbooking all the old pictures this way. I'm getting lots done, the stories are going on paper and I feel like I'm doing something to reduce the ever growing pile of photo's. Gotta love that!

Every now and then I come across some photo's that I want to do a bit more with. So then I flick through my new inspiration binder (that's thanks to Wendy Smedleys Organised & Inspired class at BPS) and I'm off and away.

This is Me...

....and my little scrappy blog. I'm no super scrappin' high rollin' magazine published superstar.In fact I've never even had a layout published - but it would probably help if I posted to online galleries and stuff. To be honest I'm not sure I even want to go there. I'm just happy being me.I've been round & round in circles with this hobby from the simple roots when I was introduced to the hobby at a home party - to trying to keep up with the Jones' (or rather the LSS who are all about what is now).But you know what, really does it matter what your scrapbook page looks like? That's not what it's about. It's about the photo's & the stories. Ok, and a little bit of playing with paper & scissors is good for the soul.So, I hope you like what I post here.I hope you can laugh at me and my half assed ideas.I really hope you take the time to leave a comment just before you walk away. It's always nice to say goodbye & thank you when you've been visiting. Every single comment on here makes me do a little happy dance...don't believe me? Ask my kids - they see it!Feel free to email me (there's a link in my profile details) and if you live anywhere near here and wanna scrapbook without judgement look at the dates for the Simply Scrapbooking Saturdays.